etherpad-lite/doc/database.md
muxator 66d87babfa doc: passwordHash does not contain a bcrypted password, but a salted sha512 sum
The documentation was written on 2011-08-03:
    31067f163f: added a documentation for the database structure

The implementation using sha512 instead of bcrypt was committed two days later,
on 2011-08-10:
    ce1012438e: added setPublicStatus, getPublicStatus, setPassword and isPasswordProtected
2018-11-05 22:45:00 +01:00

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# Database structure
## Keys and their values
### groups
A list of all existing groups (a JSON object with groupIDs as keys and `1` as values).
### pad:$PADID
Contains all information about pads
* **atext** - the latest attributed text
* **pool** - the attribute pool
* **head** - the number of the latest revision
* **chatHead** - the number of the latest chat entry
* **public** - flag that disables security for this pad
* **passwordHash** - string that contains a salted sha512 sum of this pad's password
### pad:$PADID:revs:$REVNUM
Saves a revision $REVNUM of pad $PADID
* **meta**
* **author** - the autorID of this revision
* **timestamp** - the timestamp of when this revision was created
* **changeset** - the changeset of this revision
### pad:$PADID:chat:$CHATNUM
Saves a chat entry with num $CHATNUM of pad $PADID
* **text** - the text of this chat entry
* **userId** - the authorID of this chat entry
* **time** - the timestamp of this chat entry
### pad2readonly:$PADID
Translates a padID to a readonlyID
### readonly2pad:$READONLYID
Translates a readonlyID to a padID
### token2author:$TOKENID
Translates a token to an authorID
### globalAuthor:$AUTHORID
Information about an author
* **name** - the name of this author as shown in the pad
* **colorID** - the colorID of this author as shown in the pad
### mapper2group:$MAPPER
Maps an external application identifier to an internal group
### mapper2author:$MAPPER
Maps an external application identifier to an internal author
### group:$GROUPID
a group of pads
* **pads** - object with pad names in it, values are 1
### session:$SESSIONID
a session between an author and a group
* **groupID** - the groupID the session belongs too
* **authorID** - the authorID the session belongs too
* **validUntil** - the timestamp until this session is valid
### author2sessions:$AUTHORID
saves the sessions of an author
* **sessionsIDs** - object with sessionIDs in it, values are 1
### group2sessions:$GROUPID
* **sessionsIDs** - object with sessionIDs in it, values are 1